psychoneurotic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of psychoneurotic
First recorded in 1900–05; psycho- + neurotic 1
Example Sentences
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Her use of bold 1970s-inspired trippy straight lines and hippie flowers reflects in many ways the push-pull of a scientist undergoing a psychoneurotic fantasy.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2011
Discharges for physical and psychoneurotic disabilities are still running in the thousands monthly.
From Time Magazine Archive
A recent study of a representative sampling of the church's clergy men claims that fully 68% suffer from "mental, psychoneurotic and personality disorders."
From Time Magazine Archive
He examined 1,880 psychoneurotic British soldiers and found that 171 had writer's cramp.
From Time Magazine Archive
If, besides, the patient has the feeling that they must be doing him good because of materials in their composition, the psychoneurotic elements are more readily relieved.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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